Alex Marquardt is out at CNN roughly five months after his reporting cost the company millions as a result of a defamation trial, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Alex Marquardt left the network on Monday—months after the network settled a defamation suit stemming from his reporting. CNN settled with defense contractor Zachary Young in January after a Florida jury ruled the network had defamed him in a November 2021 report that alleged he gouged prices for those who sought to flee Afghanistan as the United States withdrew from the country.

The veteran correspondent was at the center of a defamation lawsuit after he reported a U.S. Navy veteran “exploited” fleeing Afghans The post CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent Alex Marquardt Exits Months After Defamation Lawsuit appeared first on TheWrap.